Abraham Lincoln Photos

May 3, 2007

119. Taken by Jeremiah Gurney, Jr. in New York City on April 24, 1865. After his death and funeral ceremonies in Washington, Lincoln’s body took a long journey to its final resting place in Springfield, IL. Here it is pictured lying in state in New York City Hall. Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s Secretary of War who essentially ran the government during the first few weeks after Lincoln’s death, ordered all copies of this photo destroyed. Thankfully, Stanton kept one copy himself.

115. Taken by an unknown photographer in Washington on March 4, 1865. This recently discovered photograph shows the only known distant view of Lincoln’s Second Inauguration. Note how the caption refers to it as “Lincoln’s Re-Inauguration.”

115. Taken by an unknown photographer in Washington on March 4, 1865. This recently discovered photograph shows the only known distant view of Lincoln’s Second Inauguration. Note how the caption refers to it as “Lincoln’s Re-Inauguration.”

103. Taken by Frank Pulsifer near Washington DC on July 11, 1864. This long-lost photograph shows Lincoln standing on the deck of the Coast Guard ship “Wayanda” cruising in the Potomac River. The two men seated to Lincoln’s right are John White, the ship’s captain, and William Seward (in the white hat), Lincoln’s Secretary of State.

101. Taken by Alexander Gardner in Washington on April 26, 1864. The pair of legs on the right belongs to Lincoln’s private secretary John Nicolay, and the legs barely visible on the left belong to Carpenter.

93. Taken by Alexander Gardner on February 9, 1864. One of the most beloved (and reproduced) photographs of Lincoln, he is pictured hear reading with his son Tad. This is the only photograph of Lincoln wearing glasses.